2000-071 |
Delta 7925-9.5 |
USA |
- Launch vehicle: Delta 7925-9.5
- Payload: GPS IIR-6
- Launch date: 2000 Nov 10
- Launch site: CC SLC17A
- Launch vehicle ID: D281
A Boeing Delta II rocket today successfully placed the 30th Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite into orbit
aboard a Delta rocket. Every GPS satellite launched to date has been carried into its nearly 10,900 mile elliptical
transfer orbit by Delta rockets (excluding the Block I satellites used during the research and development phase of the
GPS program).
Ref: #7a, #71 - update: 07.04.12